Renewables made up only 18% of EU energy in 2018. This is a clear sign that Europe is unlikely to make the 20% target for 2020.
Can fisheries and offshore wind farms co-exist?
The European Commission unveiled yesterday its Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the financial pillar of the European Green Deal.
Onshore wind had a strong end of the decade with a number of auctions taking place in December. Poland held the largest European dedicated onshore wind auction ever with a total volume of 2.2GW. The average bid of €49/MWh was lower than the wholesale electricity price.
On 10 December WindEurope’s Ivan Pineda spoke at the EU Energy Day side event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) in Madrid. He spoke on a panel discussion: “Towards an energy system based on 100% renewables.”
In order to exploit the full potential of offshore wind in the Baltic Sea, WindEurope’s Baltic Taskforce has released a new report, ‘Boosting offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea’
Targeted Research & Innovation is needed to accelerate the large-scale deployment of cost-competitive wind energy and support the existing European supply chains. This is according to a new report from the European Technology & Innovation Platform on Wind Energy (ETIPWind)
The growth of Europe’s wind industry has brought great opportunities, but it has also put the supply chain under unprecedented pressure. To get to 450 GW of offshore wind by 2050, Europe will need a wind industry capable of rising to the technological challenge while keeping offshore wind at competitive cost levels.
The EU Commission’s big goals for offshore wind – between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 – are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning.
On 21 November WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke on a panel in Brussels about the key role that people – workers, researchers, consumers, entrepreneurs, and citizens – play in the energy transition.
Offshore wind is set to play a major role in the world’s energy mix according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the ‘Offshore Wind Outlook 2019’. The IEA predicts that global offshore capacity may rise 15-fold by 2040.
For the energy transition to succeed, it must be just. This means making sure that coal regions are not left behind. It means training fossil fuel workers so they can work in renewables. And it means showing that wind energy delivers jobs, prospects and a promising future for coal workers.
Offshore wind has delivered extremely competitive prices again in the UK in the world’s largest ever wind energy auction.
On 11 September WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi. His message was firm: we cannot take public support for wind energy for granted. We need to plug the societal benefits. And involve communities in wind farms and allow them to benefit.
The first edition of WindEurope’s End-of-Life Issues and Strategies (EoLIS) seminar enjoyed a great success.
European citizens have succeeded in putting climate change onto the political agenda in a way never seen before. As Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission takes shape, it will be looking to deliver an ambitious climate strategy that works for all Europeans. Here’s how they can do it.
German onshore wind growth has collapsed with new installations now almost coming to a halt. A crisis meeting on Thursday 5 September – convened by the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs & Energy, Peter Altmaier – needs to identify urgent steps to put wind energy back on track.
The Danish Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Climate, Energy & Utilities Minister have inaugurated the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. Horns Rev is in the North Sea, 25-40 km off the west coast of Jutland. Vattenfall is the developer, operator and owner.
There is a major challenge confronting European wind energy – and it is a challenge the industry and policy-makers must face before it is too late.
Just 208 MW worth of wind farm projects won capacity in the latest German onshore wind auction results released today. A total of 650 MW was on offer.
Poland’s lower house of Parliament approved an important revision to the Renewables Act last week in a significant development for onshore wind in the country.
Europe added 4.9 GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by WindEurope.
WindEurope, Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council) and EUCIA (the European Composites Industry Association) have created a cross-sector platform to advance novel approaches to the recycling of wind turbine blades.
On 11 June WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at the Polish Wind Energy Association’s annual conference near Warsaw. Dickson was speaking as part of a panel on Polish onshore wind power and its role in the Polish National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).
From 23 to 26 May millions of Europeans went to the polls to elect their Members of the European Parliament. At 51% this year’s EU election turnout was the highest since 1999. And it was the first time turnout had gone up in the European elections.
The photo competition will close on 5 June 2019. Winners will be announced on Global Wind Day – 15 June 2019.
The German offshore wind energy supply chain is under real pressure. A lack of auctions – the last one was in April 2018 and no more are scheduled until 2021 – and a disappointing perspective for future auction volumes to 2030 means their order books are drying up and it’s unclear when and how they will be filled.
European countries’ National Energy & Climate Plans are meant to be their energy transition roadmap to 2030. But the draft versions of the Plans need significant improvements if the EU is to deliver on its 2030 renewable energy target.
The growth of onshore wind energy is collapsing in Germany, jeopardising both German and EU renewables targets. Germany installed just 134 MW of new onshore wind farms in the first quarter of 2019 – the country’s worst first quarter for onshore installations since 2000.
WindEurope today launched a campaign to mobilise the 300,000 people who work in wind energy throughout Europe to go and vote in the upcoming European Elections.
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